TABLE 1.
Baseline Characteristics for 134 Subjects Currently on Infliximab (n = 134) and 18 Subjects Previously on Infliximab (n = 18) Who Had Discontinued the Drug Secondary to Loss of Response, Infusion Reaction, or Lack of Initial Response
Characteristic | Current Infliximab
|
P | |
---|---|---|---|
Yes (n = 134)
|
No (n = 18)
|
||
Statistic | Statistic | ||
Age, yr | 17.3 ± 4.3 | 17.5 ± 2.9 | 0.85 |
Male sex | 85 (63%) | 11 (61%) | 0.85 |
Diagnosis | 0.45 | ||
UC | 20 (15%) | 3 (17%) | |
CD | 114 (85%) | 15 (83%) | |
Disease severity | |||
CD (PCDAI) | 5 (0–10) | 10 (0–25) | 0.03 |
UC (PUCAI) | 7.5 (0–15) | 10 (10–30) | 0.25 |
Disease remission | |||
CD (PCDAI 0–10) | 95 (83%) | 10 (67%) | 0.15 |
UC (PUCAI 0–9) | 10 (50%) | 0 (0%) | 0.23 |
Paris classification at diagnosis | |||
CD | |||
Age | 0.05 | ||
0–10, yr | 31 (27%) | 9 (60%) | |
10–17, yr | 79 (69%) | 6 (40%) | |
17–40, yr | 4 (4%) | 0 (0%) | |
Location | |||
L1 | 15 (13%) | 0 (0%) | 0.21 |
L2 | 11 (10%) | 2 (13%) | 0.65 |
L3 | 85 (75%) | 13 (87%) | 0.52 |
L4 | 3 (3%) | 0 (0%) | 1.00 |
L4a | 70 (61%) | 12 (80%) | 0.16 |
L4b | 8 (7%) | 0 (0%) | 0.60 |
Behavior | |||
B1 | 104 (91%) | 14 (93%) | 1.00 |
B2 | 9 (8%) | 1 (7%) | 1.00 |
B3 | 3 (3%) | 0 (0%) | 1.00 |
B4 | 42 (37%) | 4 (27%) | 0.44 |
Growth | 0.50 | ||
G0 | 92 (81%) | 11 (73%) | |
G1 | 22 (19%) | 4 (27%) | |
UC | |||
Location | 0.44 | ||
E1 | 1 (7%) | 0 (0%) | |
E2 | 1 (7%) | 1 (33%) | |
E3 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | |
E4 | 13 (86%) | 2 (67%) | |
Severity | 0.17 | ||
S0 | 12 (80%) | 1 (33%) | |
S1 | 3 (20%) | 2 (67%) | |
Months on infliximab | 24 (13–51) | 15 (6–46)a | 0.12 |
Combination therapya | 50 (37%) | 0 (0%) | |
Immunomodulators since diagnosis | 119 (92%) | 18 (100%) | 0.36 |
CRP obtained | 132 (99%) | 17 (94%) | 0.32 |
CRP | 0.10 (0.10–0.27) | 0.12 (0.10–1.26) | 0.09 |
CRP >0.5 | 16 (12%) | 6 (35%) | 0.02 |
ATI ≥5 | 27 (20%) | 4 (22%) | 0.76 |
ATI ≥10 | 18 (13%) | 2 (11%) | 1.00 |
ATI ≥12 | 14 (10%) | 2 (11%) | 1.00 |
ATI ≥15 | 13 (10%) | 1 (6%) | 1.00 |
Median and percentage of subjects or median and IQR are shown.
Infliximab with methotrexate or 6-mercaptopurine at the time of serum sampling.